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Head to head · Field service management software · release 2026-09

ServiceMax vs Housecall Pro

Put the same ten field service management software questions to five engines three times each and ServiceMax is named 2 times; Housecall Pro, 108. There was no question where ServiceMax was named and Housecall Pro was not. ServiceMax was named by Claude only.

Housecall Pro is the most named checked vendor in field service management software in this release, so every other vendor in the category is compared with it.

One capture on 22 September 2026, ten fixed questions, three runs per engine. Not a ranking, and an engine can answer differently on a refresh.

The ServiceMax record · The Housecall Pro record

Side by side

All ten buyer questions, five engines, three runs. Observed answers on stated dates, not a ranking. This is not a judgment of product quality.
MeasureServiceMaxHousecall Pro
Named2 of 150 (1.3%, Wilson 95% interval 0.4% to 4.7%)108 of 150 (72.0%, Wilson 95% interval 64.3% to 78.6%)
Own domain cited0 of 150 (0.0%, Wilson 95% interval 0.0% to 2.5%)43 of 150 (28.7%, Wilson 95% interval 22.0% to 36.4%)

By question

Counts per question, over that question's valid answers.

ServiceMax and Housecall Pro, named per buyer question.
Buyer questionServiceMaxHousecall Pro
what is the best field service software for a small HVAC company0 of 1515 of 15
best field service management software for a growing plumbing company with about 10 techs0 of 1515 of 15
best field service software for commercial mechanical and fire protection contractors2 of 152 of 15
what are the best alternatives to ServiceTitan0 of 1515 of 15
what are the best alternatives to Housecall Pro0 of 1515 of 15
what are the best alternatives to Jobber for a home service business0 of 1515 of 15
Jobber vs Housecall Pro for a plumbing business, which is better0 of 1515 of 15
FieldEdge vs ServiceTitan, which one is worth the price0 of 150 of 15
what should I look for when choosing field service management software0 of 151 of 15
which field service software is best for a one person HVAC business0 of 1515 of 15

By engine

Each engine's count over its valid answers to all ten questions.

ServiceMax and Housecall Pro, named per engine.
VendorChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AI OverviewsGoogle AI Mode
ServiceMax0 of 302 of 300 of 300 of 300 of 30
Housecall Pro21 of 3021 of 3021 of 3022 of 3023 of 30

Measured head to head

No question in this release asked the engines to choose between ServiceMax and Housecall Pro; the counts above come from the ten buyer questions.

What the engines said about each

ServiceMax is a field service management platform designed to optimize operations for service-based businesses, including fire protection companies.

Claude, . Full answer text in the deposit.

I’d start with Housecall Pro for a small, primarily residential HVAC company.

ChatGPT, . Full answer text in the deposit.

One sentence per engine at most, chosen by a fixed rule: the first full sentence naming a checked vendor, read in run order. Every answer in full: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22907695.

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Release
2026-09, published
DOI
10.5281/zenodo.22907695
Method
v1.1: ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode; ten fixed buyer questions per category; three runs per engine
Captured
Base
150 valid answers across ten questions; 0 excluded
Licence
CC BY 4.0, attribution to Broadcastwell
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Observed answers on stated dates, not a ranking. This is not a judgment of product quality.

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